Plant Use Knowledge of the Winikina Warao: The Case for Questionnaires in Ethnobotany1

Alfredo Gomez-Beloz

doi:10.1663/0013-0001(2002)056[0231:PUKOTW]2.0.CO;2

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Alfredo Gomez-Beloz¹

¹Biology Department, Saint Martin’s College, 5300 Pacific Avenue SE, Lacey, WA 98503-1297

Abstract

A questionnaire was used to measure plant use knowledge for 18 plants from 40 randomly selected Winikina Warao respondents of two villages in the Orinoco River Delta, Venezuela. Five use values are presented: reported use (RU) value for each plant and plant part; plant part value (PPV); specific use (SU) value; intraspecific use value (IUV); and overall use value (OUV). The overall use value can be used to target plants of potential interest to researchers. Although certain precautions must be taken when undertaking this type of study, questionnaires are important tools that can be used to assess the dynamic interplay between people and the plants they use.

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Alfredo Gomez-Beloz "Plant Use Knowledge of the Winikina Warao: The Case for Questionnaires in Ethnobotany," Economic Botany 56(3), 231-241, (1 July 2002). https://doi.org/10.1663/0013-0001(2002)056[0231:PUKOTW]2.0.CO;2

Published: 1 July 2002